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Users of the SPARK-Interfax system have received access to new sources of information, which have fundamentally broadened the system‘s capabilities, as well as to an updated service for visualization of links and affiliations between legal entities.

Thus, it is now possible to file an enquiry with the Russian Unified State Register of Property Rights and Transactions (Rosreestr) via the SPARK-Interfax system and receive information on real estate, property rights and encumbrances. Searches are conducted by address or cadastral number.

SPARK has also been integrated with the Dun & Bradstreet corporation‘s database, now offering the option of a consolidated search in a database containing all the world‘s registered companies.

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Another innovation was the expanded functionality of the "affiliation search" service via new types of affiliations. Thus, trademarks provide the opportunity to track affiliations via franchise relationships. Another new category, "possible" affiliations, is constructed without the use of identification codes, using facility names and a number of other auxiliary factors.

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U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about results of the trilateral meeting on Afghanistan settlement that took place in Moscow on April 25, prospects of the intra-Afghan meeting in Doha, and Russia‘s role in the Afghan issue.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has given an interview to Interfax ahead of the Alliance‘s 70th anniversary that is to be celebrated on April 4. He speaks in the interview about the NATO‘s vision of future relations with Russia, its attitude to the situation surrounding the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) Treaty and the New START Treaty, as well as further plans of expanding the Alliance.

British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about the current situation in the relationship between the United Kingdom and Russia, the impact of the Skripal case on it, the restoration of the numbers of diplomatic staff, exchange of information on counter-terrorism, possible introduction of sanctions over the Kerch Strait incident, the INF Treaty, and British-Russian economic relations.

Qatari Ambassador to Russia Fahad bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about the consequences of sanctions against Qatar, the normalization of relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Syrian crisis, and gas relations with Russia.

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